Bereavement Support Payment depends on the national insurance contributions of your husband, wife or civil partner. It does not matter if you have not paid national insurance contributions yourself. If your husband, wife or civil partner died because of an industrial injury, their national insurance contributions might not matter.

You cannot get Bereavement Support Payment if you were divorced, your civil partnership was dissolved, or you were living with someone else when your husband, wife or civil partner died.

Bereavement Support Payment can be paid for up to 18 months from your husband, wife or civil partner's death but if you reach state pension age before the end of the 18 months, you will no longer qualify.